FLOAT EQUIPMENT ASSURANCE Utilising FloatCHECKER™ PT · 2013. 1. 29. · • Ensure older stock...
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SUDELAC®
FLOAT EQUIPMENT ASSURANCE
Utilising
FloatCHECKER™ PT
Copyright 2012© Sudelac Limited.
“Don’t wait until it’s in the well to find
out your
Float Equipment can’t stand the load”
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Product:
FloatCHECKER™ PT (Pressure Test) Test Pod
9.5/8” FloatCHECKER Assembly
The Sudelac FloatCHECKER™ PT is
specifically designed to safely pressure and
load test float equipment
(Domestic and International Patents Pending)
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SUDELAC®SUDELAC®Why use FloatCHECKER?
• Float Equipment is API Type approved to RP10F (2003)
• There are several levels of RP10F
• RP10F 111C is the highest at 5,000psi/204C
• Float Equipment is not pressure or load tested post
manufacture as a complete finished item by the manufacturers
• Present Rig Floor checks prove nothing more than valves • Present Rig Floor checks prove nothing more than valves
open and close as no real load is applied
• There is no industry standard for certifying/checking float
equipment post manufacture/assembly after receipt
• Float Equipment failures are often time consuming and
costly, and could present un-safe well conditions
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SUDELAC®SUDELAC®Why use FloatCHECKER?
• The first time most float equipment is load tested is at the
end of the cementing operation
• Lack of QA/QC during ware-house and pipe-yard storage,
preparation, shipping, handling, installation both onshore and
offshore
• Inconsistent criteria for shelf life of float equipment and when • Inconsistent criteria for shelf life of float equipment and when
float equipment should be disposed of due to degradation
• Most operators dispose of float equipment eventually based
on age alone, some sooner than others, but not based on
QA/QC
• Other oilfield equipment is pressure and load tested properly
prior to use. Why not float equipment?
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How to reduce your risk of in well failure
What FloatCHECKER testing do for you:
• Ensures integrity of all new float equipment
• Provides trace-able pressure and load test documentation
• Ensures risks of failure, however small, are reduced through • Ensures risks of failure, however small, are reduced through
systematic QA/QC process
• Ensure older stock of float equipment is still fit for purpose
• Test process loads cement on float collar as if plug bumping
• No risk to threads as not used, can test blank float equipment
• Testing process can detect manufacturing faults,
handling/shipping damage, storage/age deterioration issues
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FloatCHECKER™ PT (Pressure Test) Test Pod is
an assembly of parts to form the testing vessel
that will hold onto and seal around the float item
FloatCHECKER™ PT (Pressure Test) Test Pod
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Setting Cap
Setting CollarPacker Element
Test BarrelSplit Bearing
Load Ring
View of major parts that connect to form
seal around OD of float item
Gauge Rings
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The FloatCHECKER™ Test Barrel is ready to
accept a float item
Test Barrel
Packer Element
Packer Seal
Not Set
Test Barrel
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The float item is placed inside the
FloatCHECKER™ Test Barrel
Float Collar
Packer Seal
Not Set
Float Collar
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The float item is placed inside the
FloatCHECKER™ Test Barrel
Float CollarFloat Collar
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The Setting Collar is threaded into the
FloatCHECKER™ Test Barrel
Setting CollarSetting Collar
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The Setting Cap is added and the assembly
threaded into the FloatCHECKER™ Test Barrel
(This energises the Packer Element)
Packer Element
EnergisedEnergised
Setting Cap
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The FloatCHECKER™ Test Barrel is filled with the
test medium
Test MediumTest Medium
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Pressurised
The pressure is applied and tests the float valve/s
and retention mechanism
Pressurised
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PressurisedCasing Joint
The pressure is applied and tests the float valve/s
and retention mechanism (whilst on a casing joint)
PressurisedCasing Joint
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9.5/8” FloatCHECKER PT installed
over a float shoe on end of joint
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Reamer ShoeAdapter Collar
A reamer shoe can be tested by using a standard
FloatCHECKER c/w Adapter Kit
Standard Assembly
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Copyright 2012 © Sudelac Limited.
For more information
contact [email protected]
or go to www.sudelac.com